NVTC and the Telework Coalition to Host Landmark Telework Event on 11/27 with Virginia Governor Kaine, Secretary of Technology Chopra

NVTC and the Telework Coalition to Host Landmark Telework Event on 11/27 with Virginia Governor Kaine, Secretary of Technology Chopra

HERNDON, Va., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) and the Telework Coalition (TelCoa) will host a landmark event to promote the new Virginia Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance on Nov. 27 at the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) building in Herndon, Va. During the event, Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine and Virginia Secretary of Technology Aneesh Chopra will announce plans for the new office and the Governor's initiative on telework, and will present a document signed by local technology company executives in which they pledge to support efforts to "expand or implement telework within our organizations and to encourage our colleagues in other organizations, private and public, to implement or expand telework."

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Virginia representatives in the U.S. Congress, members of the Governor's Cabinet, members of the Virginia House of Delegates and Fairfax County executives also have been invited to attend this event, along with other dignitaries and members of the technology community in Northern Virginia.

DATE: Monday, November 27, 2006
TIME: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. (Governor Kaine and Secretary Chopra will
speak at 12:00 p.m.)
LOCATION: Atrium of the CIT Building, 2214 Rock Hill Road, Herndon, VA

The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) is the membership and trade association for the technology community in Northern Virginia and is the largest technology council in the nation. NVTC has about 1,100 member companies representing more than 188,000 employees. Its membership includes companies from all sectors of the technology industry and the service providers that support these companies, as well as universities, foreign embassies, non-profit organizations and governmental agencies. NVTC is recognized as the nation's leader in providing its technology community with networking and educational events, specialized services and benefits, public policy advocacy, branding of its region as a major global technology center, initiatives in targeted business sectors and in the international, entrepreneurship, workforce and education arenas, the Equal Footing Foundation that focuses on venture philanthropy and public/private partnerships, and The Entrepreneur Center @NVTC to mentor new technology entrepreneurs. Visit NVTC at http://www.nvtc.org/.

The Telework Coalition (http://www.telcoa.org/), based in Washington, DC., promotes, encourages and enables virtual, mobile and distributed work through research, education, technology and legislation by focusing the efforts of companies, governments at all levels, non-profits and individuals around this common interest. The Coalition promotes the use of existing and emerging technologies, services, applications and business models.

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Source: Northern Virginia Technology Council

CONTACT: Michelle Snyder, Director of Communications and Public Relations
of Northern Virginia Technology Council, +1-703-268-5153, or msnyder@nvtc.org

Web site: http://www.nvtc.org/
http://www.telcoa.org/

NOTE TO EDITORS: If you have special equipment needs to cover this event, please contact Michelle Snyder at msnyder@nvtc.org or (703) 268-5153.

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